Ventilatory response to hypoxia in rats: Gender differences

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-34

  Mortola, Jacopo P ^a   Saiki, Chikako ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Control of breathing, hypoxia, gender difference; Gender; Hypoxia, ventilatory response, sleep; Mammals, rat; Sleep, ventilatory response, hypoxia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENDER; HYPOXIA; LUNG MECHANICS; LUNG VENTILATION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP;

EID: 0030272987     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-5687(96)00064-3     Document Type: Article

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